author of several plays. His paintings were exhibited in the art museum of Portland, Oregon, in 1914, and the next year in San Francisco and Indianapolis. In 1918 he edited the Path of the Rainbow, a book of Indian poems, from which this selection is taken. Like Anthony Euwer and Billy Sunday, he gives his occupation while living at Hood River as that of rancher.
And the sky clearer
At the day's end;
But she is fairer, and she is dearer
She, my heart's friend!
And the moon is roving
To the sky's end;
But she is fairer, better worth loving,
She, my heart's friend.
Modoc Cradle Song
By Katherine Berry Judson
Katherine Berry Judson is author of Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest from which this poem is taken. It is the most popular work dealing with the Indian legends of the Northwest. Published in 1910, it is now out of print. Miss Judson was a librarian by profession. She was graduated from Cornell University in 1904, and received her Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1911. She was librarian at Kalispell, Montana, from 1905 to 1906; head of the periodical department of the Seattle Public Library from 1906 to 1911; and assistant in history in the University of Washington from 1911 to 1912. She is the author of ten books, seven of which deal with myths and legends.
Early, early will it pick at the cedar tree,
Early in the morning it chatters, "Tchiwip, tchiwip,
Tchitch, tsits, techitch."
